The Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Laos, Vilayvanh Phomkhe is making an official visit to Mongolia over the next few days. During the official visit Vilayvanh Phomkhe will meet the Minister for Industry and Agriculture, Kh.Battulga, for talks on cooperation in the agricultural field.

Mr Phomkhe will sign a memorandum of understanding on cooperation between agricultural ministries today, August 26th.  The two Ministers will also have bilateral talks over their opinions on mutually beneficial collaboration in agriculture.

Mongolia is willing to import rice from Laos to support the countries needs with guaranteed good quality rice. Also Mongolia is interested in lumber from Laos to supply the domestic wood industry. Mongolia can develop sheep farming in Mongolia with the investment of Laos in order to export Mongolian meat products to Laos and ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) countries. The two countries can further exchange experiences in the veterinary and artificial selection fields. 

Mongolia and Laos began collaboration in the agricultural and livestock husbandry field in the 1980s.